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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The 2011 Clos du Chateau is slightly closed and backward at the moment. In the nose red berry fruit and vosne spices with a hints of gooseberries and oak. On the palate airy red fruit with a quite refined impression of oak. The fruit is sweet and ripe for the vintage, with a good focus - the …
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Domaine Michel Gounoux still offer older vintages as one of very few estates in Burgundy. The 2001 Pommard Grands Epenots is one of these wines. It's now quite mature - it's a lesser year in Pommard - unfolding beautifully and offering a mature complexity at this stage. The nose is cool and complex …
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The Meursault Blagny is a further step up and a more rich and generous wine. The nose offer white and yellow orchard fruits – a bit more exotic ripe fruit – nice citrus infused minerality applying both structure and freshness. On the palate – fruit feels slightly warmer than the previous wines – yet …
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2015 is currently slightly closed - a bit reduced it seems. Nose starting out with some notes of prune and with the stems a bit forward. After some time the red fruits are back in charge offering lovely vibrant notes of ripe red and dark berries .. sweet cherries, …
[Read more...] about Domaine Nicolas Faure Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues 2015
The Vosne-Romanée village from Domaine Coquard Loison Fleurot is a delightful wine. The oak is a bit forward currently with the toasted notes quite present. With some air and decanting the oak intergrates well and the juicy fruit notes and Vosne spices in the bouquet becomes more predominant. On the …
[Read more...] about Domaine Coquard Loison Fleurot, Vosne-Romanée 2014
